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Welcome to Iris Folding—the easy folding technique with terrific results. Marushca Gassenbeek and Tine Beauveser with 460 Iris Folded Cards to Make show you how to impress your family and friends by making beautiful greeting cards with colorful strips of iris folding paper, origami paper, holographic paper, luxury Italian paper as well as the insides of used envelopes.

Quilters will find these designs are very easy to create in fabric and develop fabric cards and quilts.

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460 Iris Folded Cards to Make
The Complete Iris Folding Compendium

Authors: Maruscha Gaasenbeek and Tine Beauveser
Pages: 272
Page size: 8" x 8"
Publisher: Search Press
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4I0050
Weight: 1.8lbs.

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This book shows you how to create beautiful, spiralling patterns using the simple technique of iris folding.
Clear instructions and templates are provided for over 460 greetings cards based on iris-folded designs.
A fantastic source of ideas and inspiration for cards for all occasions!

From the Authors

Welcome to iris folding - the easy folding technique with fantastic results. We show you how to impress your family and friends by making attractive greeting cards out of used envelopes and have lots of fun at the same time!

This book is made up of the books Iris Folding Compendium, Iris Folding Compendium Part 2 and Iris Folding Compendium Part 3.

The greeting cards are made with colorful strips of iris folding paper, origami paper, holographic paper and English and Italian luxury paper, as well as the insides of used envelopes. Look at the post you receive each day and the colorful print on the insides of the envelopes and start collecting! If you combine the various shades and materials, you can create a new piece of art each time. Cover the hole in the center of the card with the strips of colored paper by following the numbered sections of the pattern. Easy!

We have collected over 460 different colors and designs. See how many you can collect.

Good Luck!

Table of Contents
Preface	7
Chapter 1 - Cards based on triangle, circle & square	9
Techniques	10
Materials	15
Step-by-step	16
Triangles	18
Playing with triangles	22
Boats	24
Balloons and kites	27
Tea pots	30
Pots and pans	34
Windmills	36
Fluttering butterflies	39
Circles	43
Playing with circles	46
Tulips	50
Chickens	52
Apples	55
Party!	58
Socks	62
Hearts	64
Cherries and shells	67
Squares	70
Playing with squares	74
Candles	76
Christmas bells	79
Christmas balls	82
Bookmarkers and labels	86
Champagne glasses	87
Christmas tree and double star	90
Woolly hat and jumper	94
Cooking pears	96
Chapter 2 - Cards based on pentagon, oval & rectangle	99
Techniques	100
Materials	105
Step-by-step	106
Pentagons	108
Playing with pentagons	112
Duo and diamond	116
Baskets	119
Cake	121
Rose	124
Spruces	126
Comets and Christmas decorations	129
Ovals	132
Playing with ovals	136
Birth spoon	140
Suitcases	142
2CV	145
Frogs and fish	148
Big eggs and little eggs	150
Crocus and watering can	153
Exclamation marks and Greek vases	156
Rectangles	160
Playing with rectangles	164
Big and small leaves	166
Pears and mushrooms	169
Coffee time	172
Cups	176
Lanterns and icicles	178
Christmas hut and tree	182
Chapter 3 - Cards based on hexagon, diamond & basic shapes	187
Techniques	188
Materials	193
Step-by-step	194
Hexagons	196
Playing with hexagons	200
Guitar and musical note	204
Flags and sweets	206
Celtic star	209
Pinecone and Holly	212
Pumpkins	216
Hourglass and wine glass	218
Diamonds	222
Duck and bib	225
Trees and flowers	228
Sweet jar	232
Dragonfly	234
Cross patterns	237
Christmas decorations and candles	240
Small star and robin redbreast	244
Basic shape	248
Playing with shapes	252
Parasol	256
Cats and dogs	258
Windmill	261
Baseball cap	264
Baby deeding bottles	268
4-leaf clovers and strawberries	270

Instruction Page

Pears and Mushrooms

Exclamation Marks and Greek Vases

Cross Pattern

Cards Based on the Triangle, Circle and Square

Examples

1000+ Books & Magazines Index

Origami & Fabric Folding Also see Fabric Manipulation & Texture	Fabric Folding Pen by Clover	460 Iris Folded Cards to Make by Maruscha Gaasenbeek & Tine Beauveser	Beautiful Quiltagami by Mary Jo Hiney	Folded Fabric Elegance by Rami Kim
	Quiltagami by Mary Jo Hiney	More Tea Bag Folding by Tiny Van Der Plas and Janet Wilson	Origami Quilts by Louise Mabbs & Wendy Lowes	DVD Fold It, Beyond Traditional Origami with Karen Thomas